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Kerry Kallberg cuts school and takes sixty-some sleeping pills. His mother comes home early and while laying in bed Kerry hears the sound of roaring waters. This frightens him into action and he tells his mother everything. She calls the authorities. He barely makes it. If his mother had come home five minutes later would he be so lucky? Or if he hadn't heard the river rapids? Someone didn't make it, someone is lost, but whom? He muses on what drove him to suicide.

Hear the river in my ear;
Something distant, barely here.
Suddenly the river roars,
Brings me crashing back to shore.

I think I’m starting to feel it!
Eyes fixed upon the ceiling,
Head swimming in the river.
Here’s where the birds eat my liver…
Mommy, I took the pills!
Mommy, I took the pills!
Officer asked if I like Marilyn Manson.
Wheelchaired me into the back of one of their ambulances.
Five minutes later what would have been my chances?
Technicians exchange worried glances...

I saw my friend burn into ash
Through clouds of smoke.
Nobody told me it would be like this!
Oh wait, yes they did…
But how could a kid
Imagine this?

Hang on,
The river’s strong.
Now I’m back on the ground.

Day by day the mind games play
And slowly take their toll.
Maybe I won’t feel like this tomorrow;
Like a girl in her prime,
But tonight I’m carrying the wheel,
Still.

Must’ve been a dream,
Or something I had seen.
Must be a lie;
It was only ever me that died.

Hang on,
The river’s strong.
Now I’m back on the ground.

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from Two Brothers and a Ghost, released July 21, 2017

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